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Sun, 15 Mar 2015 02:43:24 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=260#comment-192disable in game overlay in steam settings.
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Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:54:35 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=260#comment-191I have a similar issue. it crashes as soon as I use the keyboard.
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Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:32:29 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=260#comment-50Thanks. It works perfectly
]]>Comment on Why you think Linux sucks (and why it’s your own fault) by msxhttp://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-57
Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:22:45 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-57Errata (sorry, lot of fuzz and distractions around here):
*they shouldn’t be given a choice…
]]>Comment on Why you think Linux sucks (and why it’s your own fault) by msxhttp://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-56
Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:20:47 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-56Hello there,

That ‘anybody can code’ is an ultimate fallacy, OTOH coders are not administers and that’s why the shouldn’t give a choice about the filesystem layout.
I work with coders every day and most of them knows little to nothing about systems administration – hence the havoc they do whenever they need to place files.

]]>Comment on Why you think Linux sucks (and why it’s your own fault) by Ron89http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-55
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:59:35 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-55What you said is true. However, IMO, it is hardly a fault for linux. As a matter of fact, I think *nix file system has already done a splendid job to separate system files and user files in different mounting point. Just look at the mess of MS Windows. Messing some files(boot.ini, for example) outside “C:Windows” can make the computer unbootable? What the hell? In fact in linux, even if we rm -rf ~/*, the system will still operate normally like nothing happened. That’s already something don’t you think?

The ~/ is messy. But that’s because there isn’t a standard for everyone to follow. And independent software developers have their own idea for keeping things simple. You can broadcast your idea of clean and tidy, but other people might just think otherwise. For example, for chrome, if it breaks. And I literally don’t care what the crap causes the problem. The simplest way to fix it is to delete ~/.config/[chrome] and restart chrome again. Imagine if chrome place its user specific files(config, temp, add ons, etc.) in several folders, and I want to “reset” it like I just mentioned. How many lookups and operations should I take? So in this mind set. I am content with chrome’s current way. Though the name “.config/” might not be proper for it. Maybe “~/Library/” like how os X do is better? Oh, then which routine should we follow, again? If each person follows their own routine again, what difference does it make? And it add some unnecessary typings when you want to access the configures. Example,
access bash’s configure: vim ~/.bashrc
access fish’s configure: vim ~/.config/fish/config.fish
Oh bummer.

Setting up a standard, like os X did, may be a good start. However, who’s the one in charge for this? Users? Distro developer? Linus Torvalds? Come on, even the system file management is diverged between Distros.

]]>Comment on Why you think Linux sucks (and why it’s your own fault) by Merlijn Sebrechtshttp://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-54
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:51:06 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-54First things first, Putting your config files directly in ~ has been considered a standard for a very long time (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#HOMEUSERHOMEDIRECTORIES). Even if that would not be the case, there would be no need for you to degrade your criticism by calling people “brainless”. If you want people to respect you and your opinions, you should address those people respectfully.

Ofcourse, the new trend towards putting config files in .conf is a much better alternative. And you see more and more applications doing that.

As with chrome’s cache, one of the reasons they do this, is because cache can contain sensitive data that you don’t want other users on your computer to see, so they don’t put it in /var/tmp. There currently is not standard to where to put user-specific tmp files, so you can’t blame them for not following the standard. If you have a better solution, you can always contact the chromium project and propose a change. Or you can try to make a standard for where to put those files.

THIS is the power of Linux. There is no divide between developers making the program and users complaining about the program. Everyone can be a developer. If you can’t write code, you can at least write proposals. But you have to realize that everything you use, was made by a human being just like yourself. So be a little bit more respectful.

PS: The population is not divided in a group of geniuses and a group of brainless monkeys.

]]>Comment on Why you think Linux sucks (and why it’s your own fault) by msxhttp://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-53
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:10:10 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-53“If you don’t ls -a, they’ll never show.” Right, let’s do like the ostrich does when a danger is spotted!
Come on Ron, seriously, do you think that best way to fix things is to sweep them under the carpet? Your answer reminds me of this strip: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2004-01-11/ (btw, Scott Adams, you’re a genius).
I’m not talking about configuration stuff – that, btw, should have its own directory within ~/.config (hello!) or even ~/.local – no: I’m talking about everybody placing their shit inside ~ but hidden. I wonder what’s the mindset of those folks, if they think we are brainless wincrap users that don’t care about such things >:( Hell, it’s like almost all software development teams NEEDS a sysadmin to put things tidy.
An that’s just the beginning because apps like Chrome/Chromium places their temp data inside ~/.config… WTF!
As you see everything is a mess, there’s not a simple way to keep all your configs tidy in one place and in the event you would like to backup your configs… well, you must bring out your scalpel and dissect what you wanna take with you and what don’t, you can’t just backup, let’s say, ~/.config knowing ALL YOUR CONFIGS are there because you know it’s not, and in fact by blindly creating a backup of your ~/.config directory you will most likely be pulling a lot of stuff that it isn’t really important (like the GB or so Chrome stores as tempfiles…).

In fact a *sane* way to keep things in order would be to have a directory for documents (documents properly said, music files, pictures, videos, logs, whatever), other for tmp files and directories belonging to the user (like aforementioned Chrome’s directory, ~/.Mozilla, ~/.conkeror, etc.) and one to store configs.
That way you will gain in data and configs portability without risking to carry along irrelevant stuff that hogs your storage devices and make backup/restore processes longer.

GNU+Linux’s ~ directory IS A MESS that needs to be addressed sooner than later as in the future it will be even worst. I myself have setup my ~ more or less the way I describe above with the aid of Btrfs subvolumes but that’s a hackish way to address a problem that shouldn’t exists at all.

]]>Comment on Why you think Linux sucks (and why it’s your own fault) by Ron89http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-52
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:28:35 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-52If you don’t ls -a, they’ll never show. And they are mostly configure files from various softwares, placed there simply because it is easy to find. Imagine you want to change a configure of bash. Isn’t it nice just typing vim ~/.bashrc and you gets it?
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Sun, 09 Nov 2014 00:50:33 +0000http://merlijn.sebrechts.be/?p=285#comment-51Yes, Linux sucks! Look at your ~ and see how much garbage and leftover stuff is there, seriously!
Thing is that it still *a lot less* than Wincrap, that’s for sure.
But still sucks!
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